Grahame Morris MP

New research from charity Asthma UK reveals people with asthma are rationing their medication due to prescription costs and it’s causing asthma attacks and hospital admissions Easington MP Grahame Morris has today pledged to support a campaign that could help thousands of people with asthma in the North East who are struggling to pay for… Read more

Graham Morris, MP for Easington, has welcomed the news that two local charities have received funding from trusts funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. East Durham Partnership has received £20,000 of funding from the People’s Postcode Trust for their project Enterprise for Employment. The funding will provide vulnerable unemployed clients obtain training and support… Read more

A number of constituents have contacted me about the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme, below is a list of actions Labour MPs representing former coal mining areas and I have taken to address this issue. Key Actions A Labour government will commit to an immediate review of the mineworkers’ pension scheme and British Coal superannuation scheme surplus,… Read more

On Wednesday 13th February Easington MP Grahame Morris supported a Parliamentary Bill that seeks to limit the driving hours worked by bus drivers on local routes, to prevent bus crashes caused through driver fatigue. The Bill has been introduced in response to the Coventry bus crash in 2015 which killed seven-year-old Rowan Fitzgerald and 76-year-old… Read more

Millions of older people across the country are set to lose their TV licence in 2020 despite the Conservatives promising in their 2017 general election manifesto to protect free TV licences until 2022. As part of the last BBC charter the Government devolved responsibility for the free TV licence policy, and the cost, to the… Read more

A BBC consultation asking the public what it should do when the UK Government stops funding the licence fees for people aged over-75 concludes on 12th February and I am encouraging people in East Durham to respond. https://www.bbc.com/yoursay Following the consultation, the BBC Board hopes to make a decision by the summer as any new scheme… Read more

Easington MP Grahame Morris is encouraging local charities and good causes to apply for over £3million of funding that has been raised by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Applications are open from 6 February until 20 February, where a whole host of good causes from social enterprises to voluntary groups and registered charities are… Read more